07-07-2013, 11:10 AM
Vanraw Wrote:I think wearable interfaces like watches or glasses and such that interface with the power of your smartphone / tablet will be a pretty strong market success. Think about all the people that walk around with a mic / ear phone in their ear, even when they are not on a call. And now there is a trend to the old style big headphones (mostly because of ear damage dangers) that are being considered fashionable.
The big headphones are generally because some peoples ears don't work well with holding in earbuds and because they give better fidelity than earbuds. They are also an example of why smaller is not always trendier.
Quote:How many people now answer text and tweets with voice recognition?
Few, I think. I know zero people who do it, but I am sure some do. If people wanted to communicate verbally, they would pick up the phone and call someone - but no one uses there phone for that anymore. Primarily because you can type and read (or I can at least) faster than I can talk and listen.
Quote:I could see people wearing watches, and getting a text, reading it, and responding by raising their hand to their mouth whispering a responses. Or getting stock or news updates. Or even raising your hand to your ear to answer a call through your watch.
I don't see the added nanoseconds of convenience (or inconvenience as long as we have shitty siri-esque voice interfaces) as enough of a selling point to see an ugly additional device.